What is best Lightning Wallet?

This page summarizes the projects mentioned and recommended in the original post on /r/Bitcoin

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  • eclair-mobile

    An Android wallet for the Lightning Network

  • Eclair Mobile, which is an app that lets you manually run an eclair node on your phone, like Phoenix does. Doesn't handle channels for you, but allows you to manage your node more deliberately. (recommended by u/whitslack)

  • phoenix

    Phoenix is a self-custodial Bitcoin wallet using Lightning to send/receive payments. (by ACINQ)

  • Phoenix, which is very similar to Breez. Developed by ACINQ, and uses eclair as a node.

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  • lnd

    Lightning Network Daemon ⚡️

  • lnd, developed by Lightning Labs.

  • lightning

    Core Lightning — Lightning Network implementation focusing on spec compliance and performance

  • c-lightning, developed by Blockstream.

  • apollo

    Muun Android wallet (by muun)

  • Muun, which is probably the most seamless on-chain + lightning wallet out there.

  • raspiblitz

    Get your own Bitcoin & Lightning Node running - on a RaspberryPi with a nice LCD

  • RaspiBlitz.

  • wallet

    Discontinued Bitcoin + Lightning wallet for Android (by akumaigorodski)

  • BLW, an android-only wallet, which is also fairly feature-rich. (recommended by u/DajZabrij) BLW is deprecated, and replaced by SBW (same URL), the Simple Bitcoin Wallet.

  • WorkOS

    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

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  • spark-wallet

    ⚡️ A minimalistic wallet GUI for c-lightning, accessible over the web or through mobile and desktop apps.

  • Spark, specifically to interact directly with a c-lightning node. Designed for advanced users, offering a feature set. They're directly sponsored by Blockstream. (recommended by u/hMsats)

  • umbrel

    A beautiful home server OS for self-hosting with an app store. Buy a pre-built Umbrel Home with umbrelOS, or install on a Raspberry Pi 4, Pi 5, any Ubuntu/Debian system, or a VPS.

  • Umbrel.

  • Breez Mobile Client

    Lightning Network mobile client

  • Breez, which handles channel management for you. Has a few interesting built-in features. Runs an lnd node on your phone.As pointed out by u/whitslack: Breez makes lncli commands directly available to the user, allowing power users to do almost everything that an lnd node lets you do.

  • BlueWallet

    Bitcoin wallet for iOS & Android. Built with React Native

  • Default BlueWallet. When using their default LndHub instance, it's custodial. See below for non-custodial options.

NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

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